Overview

The standard will aim to improve quality and safety of care in key nurse-led areas, including care planning. It will reflect best practice and standardise documentation across different nursing settings, to free nurses and give them more time to care. For example, it will standardise information that a district nurse in a care home setting can access and share in the same way as a mental health or hospital nurse, with a focus on the person’s overall wellbeing. 

Whilst the emphasis is nurse-led care, we will also be speaking to other professionals and people who use services to build consensus and support for the standards.   

Developing the standard

The first stage of the project was to determine exactly what needs to be included in a Nursing standard, and how it can benefit systems, clinical staff and patients. 

We have held a series of interviews with patients and citizens, technical and clinical professionals, as well as key decision makers. In the discovery report, we have outlined the key benefits and challenges of developing this new standard.

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